NEWBURGH – The State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has granted the City of Newburgh over $196,000 for its first electric vehicle charging stations.
Mayor Torrance Harvey termed the award for two level two charging ports and one fast charger a step toward environmental justice in the city.
“We are hoping that the DEC continues to support our efforts to minimize the carbon footprint in the City of Newburgh – that’s one of Governor Hochul’s objectives in the State of New York – to minimize ands eliminate fossil fuels, carbon footprint, so that we could an example of ecological and environmentally clean state and our city,” he said.
Other Hudson Valley EV charging station funds have been awarded to Greenwood Lake for over $48,000; Village of Highland Falls, $43,000; and Village of Rhinebeck, $137,000.
Meanwhile, the City of Kingston will receive $82,500 to purchase 11 electric vehicles. The Town of Red Hook will get $7,500 for one electric vehicle; the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson will receive $7,500 for one vehicle; and the Village of Scarsdale will receive $42,500 for seven EV vehicles.
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